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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Michael William Lawrence, Lexington, KY (US);
Dustin Daniel Fichter, Versailles, KY (US);
Neal Douglas McFarland, Versailles, KY (US);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Angel Macuha Alagos, Cebu, PH;
Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr., Dumaguete, PH;
Pat Marlon Cartagena Limosnero, Cebu, PH;
Lexmark International Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A removable media tray assembly for an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a media tray having a bottom surface and a front wall extending upward from the bottom surface. A bottom surface defines a media storage location for storing a stack of media sheets. The assembly includes a housing having an opening therein to receive the media tray. A magnet and a plate provide a latching force FL greater than a pick motor stall force keeping the media tray in a closed position during media picking. A handle assembly including a finger bar and a pivoting link is mounted to the front wall. With the media tray being held closed by the latching force, a user-supplied actuation force FA that is less than 22.2 N applied to the finger bar, pivots the link which acts as a force multiplier providing a release force exceeding the latching force.